Acetabulae

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use as percussion instrument

Small cup-shaped cymbals called acetabulae, made of brass or silver, are mentioned by Cassiodorus (died c. 580) and Isidore of Sevilla. Although the modern practice of striking a single cymbal with a stick was anticipated by Isidore and by the Suda lexicon (late 10th century), larger cymbals continued to…